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W. STAKE.

ANVIL BASE. v I APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1913.

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ANVIL-BASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 761,094.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM STAKE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anvil-Bases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a base on which a common anvil may be placed and secured, and by means of which the anvil can be turned, in a horizontal plane, to any desired position, and there secured.

The object of the invention is to obtain an anvil base which will be economical to make, which will be durable, easily operated, and not liable to get out of order.

A further object is to obtain an anvil base, of the kind named, which is suitable for use thereon of an ordinary anvil.

A further object is to obtain a device which consists of few parts, not requiring finish or tool work thereon, and is not liable to be injured by cinders, dirt, ashes, or other like matter deposited on any part thereof.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part hereof Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device embodying this invention, with an anvil secured thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device embodying this invention, with an elevation of the anvil thereon, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device embodying the invention, and of an anvil thereon. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the top of the table of the device on which an anvil is set to be secured to the device. Figs. 5 and 6, are perspectives of dogs which form elements of the fastening means of the device.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures.

A is the standard of the base.

a is a horizontal table at the upper end of standard A.

B is a central aperture in table a, and is circular in cross section.

0 is a table which is provided with the corners D, the apertures cl, and the central abutment E. Abutment E is circular in cross section and fits in the aperture B. y

F is an annular flange on the under side of table C. l

f are notches in flange F.

G are dogs which extend through the notches f.

Dogs G are respectively provided with apertures g for receiving a bolt.

9 is the end of dog G which is in contact with under side of table C, and g is the endof said dog which is in contact with the under side of table a.

H is a dog which rests on table C and anvil I.

h is the end of said dog H which is on table a, and 7a is the end which is on the lower flanged end of the anvil.

h is an aperture in dog H for receiving .a bolt.

J is a bolt which extends through the aperture d in table C and apertures g, it, in dogs G, H.

K is a spring washer on bolt J and L is a nut.

Dogs G, and H, bolt J, washer K and nut L are in duplicate, as is well illustrated in Fig. 2, and anvil I is firmly secured in place when the nut L is tightened on bolt J, thereby bringing said dogs into close contact with tables a and C, and anvil I.

When it is desired to turn the anvil I the nuts L are loosened, thereby releasing the hold of dogs G, H, on tables a and C. The loosening of dogs G permits the table 0 to turn on table a; and the notches 7, (through which the dogs G extend) prevent said dogs biting into the vertical portion of standard A just below table a, as bolts J and notches f hold said dogs G in radial lines of said tables a. and C. When the anvil is in the desired position the nuts L are again tightened and the anvil is thereby again firmly secured in place, and from turning.

I claim- 1. The combination of a base comprising a standard provided with a horizontal table on the upper end thereof and said table provided with a circular aperture, an additional table provided with apertures and with a circular abutment on the under side thereof fitting and rotatable in said aperture in the first named table, said additional table provided with raised corners and with an annular flange on the under side thereof, dogs, said dogs respectively provided with apertures, some of said dogs positioned on the under side of the additional table and some positioned on said additional table, said upper dogs adapted to fasten said anvil to said additional table, bolts adapted to extend through the apertures in said dogs and in said additional table, nuts on said bolts, and means to hold the dogs which are positioned under said additional table in radial lines as said additional table is turned.

2. The combination of a base comprising a standard provided with a horizontal table on the upper end thereof and said table provided with a circular aperture, an additional table provided with apertures and with a circular abutment on the under side thereof fitting and rotatable in said circular aperture, said additional table provided with raised corners on the upper side thereof and with an annular flange on the under side, and said annular flange provided with notches, dogs, said dogs respectively provided with apertures, some of said dogs positioned on the under side of said additional table and extending through said notches, and some positioned on said additional table and adapted to fasten said anvil thereto, bolts through said apertures in said dogs and table, and nuts on said bolts.

3. A base comprising a standard provided with a horizontal table on the upper end thereof and said table provided with a circular aperture, an additional table provided with a circular abutment on the under side thereof fitting said aperture in the first named table, said additional table provided with raised corners and with apertures, dogs on the under side of the additional table and adapted to engage with the under side of the first named table, and bolts adapted to be extended through the apertures in said dogs and in said additional table, with nuts on said bolts.

Signed at Chicago, April 5, 1913.

WILLIAM STAKE. l

Witnesses:

CHARLES TURNER BROWN, CHARLES B. HEBRON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

